8. Claim your gravy boat.

8. Claim your gravy boat.

Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times

If you know you'll need one, get moving. Town & Country owner Richard LoGuercio said gravy boats are one of the first items to go for Thanksgiving. Again, you could buy or borrow one, but the point here is to reduce the amount of work for yourself. A 7-ounce silver gravy boat from LoGuercio's company is $7.50; a silver gravy ladle is $3.35.

If you know you'll need one, get moving. Town & Country owner Richard LoGuercio said gravy boats are one of the first items to go for Thanksgiving. Again, you could buy or borrow one, but the point here is to reduce the amount of work for yourself. A 7-ounce silver gravy boat from LoGuercio's company is $7.50; a silver gravy ladle is $3.35. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

If you know you'll need one, get moving. Town & Country owner Richard LoGuercio said gravy boats are one of the first items to go for Thanksgiving. Again, you could buy or borrow one, but the point here is to reduce the amount of work for yourself. A 7-ounce silver gravy boat from LoGuercio's company is $7.50; a silver gravy ladle is $3.35.Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times